Hood catch



May 19, 1931.

R. G. MOORE 1,805,496

HOOD CATCH Filed May 3, 1928 INVENTOR. RBYMUNJ: E7. Mums.

' BY 1,. M 1 W ATTORNEY Patented May 19, 1931 Wei -"D mm 4 7 n-AYMoNn G. MOORE, OF :enrnenronr, connr crrcnr', .nssm non To, THE BASSICKCOM- PANY, or nnrneiiron'r, connncrr'cn'r, n conronn'rron or CONNECTICUT Application filed May 3,

The present invention relates to automobile hood catches, and has for an ob ectito provide an improved latch of the type adapted'in addition to holding down the hood, to also force the same inwardly, and therebyeffectively secure it against looseness and rattling. A further object isto provide sucha catch which will compensate for variations in the position of the hood, so that wear and'in accurate placing of the catch will not affect its proper functioning. Another objectyis to 7 provide a catch in which there will be metal to metal contact between the compensating.

parts, but so arranged andcooperating as to always maintain a non,.-rattling relation, free V of squeaks and scrapingnoises,-and to'this end it is particularly proposed'in the present embodiment to provide a compensating keeper upon the hood yieldable in parallel rela tion with the hood, and adapted to permit downward pulling movement of the catch-,-,at

, all times maintaining atight non-rattlingengugement between the catch and the keeper and further to provide a cooperative camand hood;

ming means between the hood and catch ad apted to produceboth a downward and inward pressure.

.Viththe above and other objects in view, an embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, and this embodiment willbe'hercinafter more fully de scribed with reference thereto, and the invention will be finally pointed out in the I claims.

Inthe drawings: I Flgtl 1s aside elevation, partly in section of a hood catch, according to the present embodiment of the invention, the catch being msengaged,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the keeper Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing in dotted lines the initial engaging position with the keeper, and in full lines,the final or operative engaging position.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention. 7

Referring to the drawings, the hoodcatch, according to the present embodiment of the invention, consists of a cylindrical barrel 10,

CATCH 1928. Serial m. 274,8 18.

flanged at its lower end,as at 11, to provide reduced passage in which a rod 12. is slidably engaged, the end of the rod within the barrel being provided with a fixed washer 13, be-

tween which and the flange 11 a spring 14 is coiled about the rod.

The lower end of the rod 12 has a head or upset 15, engaged in a dome-shaped slotted base member 16 secured to. the sill-piece of the automobileframe;

The upper end of the barrel is threaded as at 17 and'is screwed into the threadedsoeket 18 of a cap member 19, which closes the upper end ofthe barrel and forms a stop to limit'the upward movement of the rod 12un- A clamping hook 20,: and a handle 21, are formed inteder the 'pressureof the spring.

grally with thecap member. I

movement in. parallel relation to theh-ood.

The upper'transverse portion of the, sliding keeper is bent outwardly, as at 31, for engage mentiby .thehookend 20 of the catch. The hook end 20 hasa relatively large radius and issubstantially wider at its under hooking surfacethan the portion 31 so thatwhen engaged lateral play is permitted between them. inclined cam portion-32 is formed up upwardly and permit downward yieldingv The keeper comprises an elongatedihase plate 22, riveted to the: hood, and ihavgingsefrom the 'base 22 of thekeeper asits lower end',a-and upon the -hood catch barrel there is provided a proje ng cam 111g 33, having 1 inclined engaging recast adapted inthe en .gaged re-lat onfiof the c ch l neag -g a hamper; the ampert oe 29., r i

,..Q:0PQlfLtiDIlsiS&S inflo r Eig- 1 he ca ch is contracted,

the sliding keeper being raised. The catch is pulled upwardly against the pressure of the spring to a point permitting engagement with the keeper, and is thereupon released, the sliding keeper yielding downwardly to a position as shown in full lines Fig. 3, the

arrel moving downwardly and pressing the cam lug 33 into engagement with the cam,por-. tion 32, so that both a downward and an inward force or pressure is exerted upon the hood to securely clamp it in closed position. The sliding keeper, through the action of its springs always maintains a tight non-rattling relation with the catch, irrespective of wear and irregularities, the actual holding downwardly and inwardly of the hood being through the cooperation of the cam surfaces 31 and 34, the relative inward pressure on the hood being permitted through the lateral play between the keeper and clamp.

In 4, I have illustrated a modified form of the invention in which an upwardly extending inclined cam lug S5 is provided on the base of the keeper, and which is engaged by a cam portion 36 on the barrel having a relatively long inclined under surface. The function and operation is the same as in the first embodiment.

I have illustrated and described preferred and satisfactory embodiments of the invention, but it will be obvious that changes may be made therein, within the spirit and scope thereof, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a hood catch or the like, a hold down clamp, a keeper yieldable downwardly inparallel relation to the hood adapted tov be engaged by said clamp and permitting lateral play spring means acting to draw said clamp downwardly and move said keeper downwardly and cam means between said clamp and the hood adapted to press the hood down.- wardly and inwardly under the action of said spring means.

2. n a hood catch or the like, a hold down clamp, a keeper including a base adapted to be mounted on the hood and a movable part yieldable downwardly in parallel relation with the hood and including a clamp engaging portion outwardly spaced from the hood adapted to be engaged by said clamp and permitting lateral play between said keeper and said clamp, spring means acting to draw said clamp downwardly and move said keeper downwardly and cam means clamp and the hood adapted to press the hood downwardly and inwardly under theaction of said spring means.

3. In a hood catch or the like, a hold down clamp,-a keeper including a base adapted to be mounted on the hood and a movable part between said keeper and said clamp,

between said with the hood and including a clamp engaging portion outwardly spaced from the hood adapted to be engaged by said clamp and permitting lateral play between said keeper and said clamp, means'adapted to normally retain said movable part in raised osition and permitting yielding downward movement whereby said clamp engaging portion remains in snug engagement with the clamp, spring means acting to draw said clamp downwardly and move said keeper downwardly and cam means between said clamp and the hood adapted to press the hood downwardly and inwardly under the action of said spring means.

4. In a hood catch or the like, a hold down clamp, a keeper yieldable downwardly in parallel relation to the hood adapted to be engaged by said clamp and permitting lateral play between said keeper and said clamp, spring means acting to draw said clamp downwardly and move said keeper downwardly, and cam means "between said clamp and the hood comprising an inclined cam surface on one of them and a cam projection on the other, adapted to press the hood downwardly and inwardly under the action of said spring means.

Signed at Bridgeport, county of Fail-field. and State of Connecticut, this th day of April, 1928.

RAYMOND G. MOORE.

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